Re: [PATCH] Revert "irqchip/mtk-sysirq: Convert to a platform driver"

[Saravana Kannan]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 12:56 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2020-08-19 19:51, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 9:52 AM Frank Wunderlich <wichtig@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> does the fix you've linked to my revert [1] not work in your case?
> >>
> >> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11718481/
> >
> > Thanks for pointing it out Frank. Also, might want to avoid top
> > posting in the future.
> >
> > Enric, Can you please try that other fix and see if that solves your
> > issue?
>
> I think Enric was clear that the driver does probe correctly
> (meaning that he has the fix in his tree). It is everything else
> that breaks, because none of the drivers on the platform are
> equipped to defer their own probing.
>
> I think we need to change this works right now, meaning that we can't
> blindly change the behaviour of *built-in* drivers. I'll see if I can
> come up with something quickly, but I'll otherwise take Enric patch.

Sounds fair Marc.

Btw, Enric, out of curiosity, can you try adding "fw_devlink=on" to
your kernel command line to see if it helps? It basically ensures
proper probe ordering without depending on the drivers. There are some
corner cases where it still can't work properly (too much to explain
for a late night email), but if the platforms don't have those corner
cases it'll work perfectly.

I'm fine with the revert if Marc isn't able to find a quick fix to the
drivers, but this might also fix your problem right away.

-Saravana